Folding chair



r (ModeL) I I Y O. W. GHAMPLIN & J. BLAND.

FOLDING CHAIR, CAMP STOOL, AND SETTEB. No. 273,954. "PatentedMar.13,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. CHAMPLIN AND JAMES BLAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING CHAIR, CAMP-STOOL, AND SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,954, dated March13, 1883.

' Application filed November 20, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom at mayconcern i Beit known that we, OHARLEsW. CHAM- PLIN and JAMES BLAND,citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of(look and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Chairs, Oainp-btools/and Settees, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improveinentin folding chairs, oampstools,and settees and it consists in theedifiliination of the four legs, whichareeunitedtogether in pairs at their upper ends by means ofcross-pieces, andwhic'h cross-pieces are united together by suitablestraps, bands, or other equivalents, one of the cross-pieces beingpivotedbetween the legs. so as to freely turn in its bearings, andhaving the seat rigidly secured thereto, as will be more fully describedhereinafter.

The ob ect of our invention is to produce a chair, stool, or setteewhich can be folded up into the smallest possible space, and which, whenextended, forms a strong and substantial-seat.

Figure 1 represents a camp-stool embodying our invention, the stoolbeing opened. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing thestool closed.

Arepresents the two'sets of legs, which are united in pairs by means ofthe two crosspieces 0 D at their upper ends, and pivoted together at E.These two cross-pieces are united together by two straps or bands,F,'or' any equivalent therefor, so as to limit the distance the legsshall open outward when the stool is brought into use.

The cross-piece 0, instead of being secured rigidly to the upper ends ofthe legs, has a tenonformed on each end, so as to fit in a correspondingsocket which is made in the one side of the upper end of each leg. Asuitable bolt or screw is then passed..through from'the 0uter-side ofthe leg into the end of the teuon, so astoseeurethe parts together. Thiscrosspiece can turn freely around inits bearings, being limited 'in itsmovement only by the seat G, which is fastened rigidly thereto, strikingagainst the legs. This seat will be made of any suitable light materialand of any desired shape. When the legs are extended this seat issupported entirely upon the two crosspieces 0 D; or when the chair isclosed, as'is shown in Fig. 2, the seat can be turned down, so asto restagainst the sides of the legs, as shown. As the seat closes against thesides of thelegsflt will readily be seen that no more room is taken upby the chair than the mere thickness of the legs and. the seat together.

This same construction may be used with chairs and settees.

The great advantage of the construction consistsjin the cheapness withwhich the' Having thus described our invention, we

o. w. OHAMPLIN. JAMES BnAnD.

Witnesses:

T. N. BIGLIN, W. H. CASS.

